Pet Hates........or FFS

[Marco]

I personally don't see anything wrong with using the wash facilities at work or wherever, providing they are of a standard acceptable to you.

Me neither, *if* there is no other option. I simply can't get my head around doing it deliberately, to save £2 (or whatever) on your water bill, when you can easily afford it. Each to his or her own, but being a generous person by nature, I simply can't relate to the skinflint mentality.

I once saw this C5 benefits programme about people who used to have good jobs but had fallen on hard times. One of these people, a young woman, had the bright idea of using her local gym for her ablutions. Membership was only £12 per month (she had off peak membership as she could go whenever she wanted). Every day she would go to train or swim, and shower there afterwards. All for a cost of 40p per day.

Yup, but that's a totally different set of circumstances, where you're doing what you have to do to survive. Like you say, respect for her lateral thinking!

Marco.

[Firebottle]

Eat worms when very young!
It never did me any harm

[Macca]

explains a lot though.

[Pigmy Pony]

When my son was younger I used to take anti-bacterial gel everywhere because he was always picking up all sorts of crap and messing with everything.

I'm a bit of a germophobe like Marco. I hate touching toilet door handles (I use my sleeve) or anything that contains other people's arse germs.



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I don't think that makes you a germophobe John, it seems entirely reasonable to me. There are some nasty things around. Hepatitis viruses can live on surfaces for weeks, and who wants a knackered liver? I also use a sleeve when leaving a public toilet, and use my foot to raise/lower toilet seats.

A few years ago we went to a Rock 'n' Blues festival in Derbyshire, organised by Outlaws MC, and one of the toilets was a 3 metre wide pit surrounded by a ring of urinals. One evening I saw 3 grown men frolicking in this pit, and sat in about 12" of undiluted piss pretending to take a bath. This too fell below the standard I considered acceptable. I don't know if they suffered any ill effects from this, but I felt ill just watching them. And I'm betting they slept alone that night.

[Barry]

When my son was younger I used to take anti-bacterial gel everywhere because he was always picking up all sorts of crap and messing with everything.

I'm a bit of a germophobe like Marco. I hate touching toilet door handles (I use my sleeve) or anything that contains other people's arse germs.

So how do you flush the toilet after using it?

[Barry]

I don't think that makes you a germophobe John, it seems entirely reasonable to me. There are some nasty things around. Hepatitis viruses can live on surfaces for weeks, and who wants a knackered liver? I also use a sleeve when leaving a public toilet, and use my foot to raise/lower toilet seats.

Do you then use the seat, or do what a friend of mine does: he squats over the seat to do his business?

How do you operate the soap dispensers, or the tap (if the latter does not have a movement sensor)?

[Marco]

None of that is an issue, Barry. You avoid what you can avoid, and what you can't help touching, afterwards you wash your hands thoroughly (normally these days there is an electronic hand-drier in public rest rooms), so there's no need to handle some manky towel, and then apply some antiseptic hand-wash to your hands afterwards.

What steps do you take, when out and about, to maintain good hygiene standards?

Marco.

[struth]

after working on many building sites, you do get hardened to dirty toilets, but also become intent to keep your own in decent nick.
a little dirt generally wont hurt u, but try and avoid what its easy to avoid. cold, and flu virus germs, salmonella etc can often be avoided by being careful. nothing is guaranteed tho. no point in getting paranoid over it

[Crackles]

So how do you flush the toilet after using it?

I cover my hand with my sleeve. But that's difficult at the moment while it's hot and I only wear short sleeves, so I have to just make minimal contact and then wash my hands.



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[Crackles]

I don't think that makes you a germophobe John, it seems entirely reasonable to me. There are some nasty things around. Hepatitis viruses can live on surfaces for weeks, and who wants a knackered liver? I also use a sleeve when leaving a public toilet, and use my foot to raise/lower toilet seats.

A few years ago we went to a Rock 'n' Blues festival in Derbyshire, organised by Outlaws MC, and one of the toilets was a 3 metre wide pit surrounded by a ring of urinals. One evening I saw 3 grown men frolicking in this pit, and sat in about 12" of undiluted piss pretending to take a bath. This too fell below the standard I considered acceptable. I don't know if they suffered any ill effects from this, but I felt ill just watching them. And I'm betting they slept alone that night.

Seriously? The dirty bastards. They must have been pissed or stoned out of their senses.

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